does not condone the body-slam tackle executed by backup defensive end

LaMichael Fanning

late in a 42-10 victory Saturday at Missouri, coach

Nick Saban

said at his Monday press conference.

With a little more than 2 minutes left in Alabama's 42-10 victory Saturday at Missouri, Fanning grabbed Rus Hansbrough high, then picked him up, flipped him and slammed him upside down onto the artificial grass.

Fanning was hit with a personal foul penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. There has been no word Monday from the Southeastern Conference regarding a possible suspension.

"This is a young player who's excited about getting in the game who makes a very, very poor decision and judgment on making that play," Saban said. "It's something we don't condone here. It's not how we want our players to play.

"I think he understands that what he did was not done in the right way in terms of being a strong competitor, and we are managing internally things for him to do to make better choices and decisions in the future. With our young people, when they make mistakes, that's what you really want to try to do."

Saban said Fanning has written letters of apology to Hansbrough and to Missouri coach Gary Pinkel.

"I talked to Gary yesterday about it," Saban said of his former teammate at Kent State. "He understands our position on it, and there's other things that are done internally in the program, and we kind of take it from there."